Video: Killer storms, tornadoes hit South, Midwest
The storms were part of a huge, violent system that continued to rake the southern US
USA Today
ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. — A winter tornado that pummeled this northwest Georgia community killed one person, flipped automobiles and destroyed entire buildings.
The storms were part of a huge, violent system that continued to rake the southern USA Wednesday as a ferocious cold front roars toward the Eastern Seaboard. A solid line of storms stretched all the way from Buffalo to New Orleans. The storms that spawned the tornado moved across Georgia and metropolitan Atlanta, forcing authorities to briefly shut down Interstate 75 and to issue a ground stops at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Several school systems across the Atlanta metro area, including Floyd, Clayton and DeKalb Counties, canceled after-school activities as heavy rain pelted parts of the region.
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